AU7788800A - Method of measuring the twist imparted to an optical fibre and procedure for processing an optical fibre using this method - Google Patents

Method of measuring the twist imparted to an optical fibre and procedure for processing an optical fibre using this method

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AU7788800A
AU7788800A AU77888/00A AU7788800A AU7788800A AU 7788800 A AU7788800 A AU 7788800A AU 77888/00 A AU77888/00 A AU 77888/00A AU 7788800 A AU7788800 A AU 7788800A AU 7788800 A AU7788800 A AU 7788800A
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optical fibre
twist
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Franco Cocchini
Arturo Ricco
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Pirelli and C SpA
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
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    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01B—MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS
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    • G01M11/30—Testing of optical devices, constituted by fibre optics or optical waveguides
    • G01M11/37—Testing of optical devices, constituted by fibre optics or optical waveguides in which light is projected perpendicularly to the axis of the fibre or waveguide for monitoring a section thereof
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    • C03B2203/36—Dispersion modified fibres, e.g. wavelength or polarisation shifted, flattened or compensating fibres (DSF, DFF, DCF)
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    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
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Abstract

A method of measuring the twist imparted to an optical fibre includes the steps of advancing the optical fibre in a predetermined direction and at a predetermined velocity, imparting to the optical fibre, during the step of advancing, a twist about its axis, measuring the diameter of the optical fibre during the step of advancing, to generate a time-based signal indicating the diameter, and processing this signal to find a value indicating the imparted twist. The step of processing includes the principal steps of transforming in the frequency domain the signal relating to the measurement of the diameter, calculating the power spectrum of the signal thus obtained, distinguishing in this power spectrum the signal peaks correlated with the imparted twist, determining the maximum frequency associated with these signal peaks, and dividing the value of this maximum frequency by the value of the velocity of advance of the fibre to find the value indicating the imparted twist.
AU77888/00A 1999-10-29 2000-10-18 Method of measuring the twist imparted to an optical fibre and procedure for processing an optical fibre using this method Abandoned AU7788800A (en)

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